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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163939403321

Autore

Wang Juan

Titolo

The sinews of state power : the rise and demise of the cohesive local state in Rural China / / Juan Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-060575-8

0-19-060951-6

0-19-060574-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Classificazione

POL009000

Disciplina

333.79320951

Soggetti

Electric utilities - China - Management

Electric utilities - Government policy - China

Government corporations - China

China Politics and government

China Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Basics of Government: Cohesive and Robust Local States -- Chapter I -- Rural Government and Farmer Protest in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter II -- The Formation and Institutionalization of Intra-State Cohesion -- Chapter III -- The Changes and Continuity of Local State Cohesion -- Chapter IV -- Dismantling The Local State: The Isolated Village Cadres -- Chapter V -- Implications: Declining Coercive and Extractive Capacities of the State -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on original fieldwork, 'The Sinews of State Power' seeks to understand continuous rural instability in China despite national reforms in the post-2000s. It offers a fresh perspective by revisiting the fundamental components of a capable government - a coherent and robust local leadership - and tracing its rise and demise since the Maoist era.